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Is the 2008 BMW M3 the Best M Car Ever? - The mission? To find the greatest BMW M car of all time. The car that represents the very pinnacle of the M Division's achievements. Not the fastest, but the best. (more)
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Replying to: bennetpullen (Oct 18, 2007 2:09 pm) As for the E30 M3 - no it's not really known as "M3 Coupe." It's just the "M3." You can also call it the "original M3," "E30 M3," or "real M3." 
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| I thought this article seemed a little too well writen for Edmunds. Then I found it was excerpted from the latest issue of EVO. | |
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Replying to: fedlawman (Oct 18, 2007 8:43 pm)
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The UK car mags have adopted an irritating habit of introducing a twist at the end of their bake off articles in order to produce a slightly unexpected result. Top Gear are the worst offenders, on print and screen. Reading the article, the E46 M3 is the best - they have nothing bad to say about it at all, yet they introduce some wishy-washy sentimental BS to justify the E30 M3 as the best. Their favorite maybe, but it's not the best.
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Replying to: roadburner (Oct 25, 2007 8:32 am) |
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Replying to: aidano (Oct 25, 2007 11:24 am) There's nothing "wishy-washy" about the E30 M3 Sport Evo (Evo III). It's a true driver's car of the first order - one of the finest sports cars of all time. BMW only built 600 of them, and none of them crossed the pond to North America. My M3 is a mechanical (but not cosmetic) clone of the original Evo III, and is easily the best handling (and most satisfying) sports car I have ever driven. It simply blows the E46 away.
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Replying to: fedlawman (Oct 25, 2007 4:26 pm) Having driven both cars extensively, I'll take the E30 M3 as well. I know this will be considered blasphemous, but I find my Mazdaspeed3 and Club Sport to be more entertaining to drive than a regular E46 M3. A Competition Package car may be another matter...
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Replying to: roadburner (Oct 25, 2007 4:50 pm) But whether we're talking about the CSL or not, the E46 M3 is simply too big and heavy to compare to the very compact, 2600 lb E30. I've never driven the MazdaSpeed3. Are you talking about the M3 "Club Sport" package?
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Replying to: fedlawman (Oct 26, 2007 6:28 am) Nope, it's a somewhat rare -less than 300 produced- model that was offered on the US 318ti in 1995. Externally it features the M3/M Technic side moldings, side skirts, front bumper, mirrors, and rear diffuser. Inside were sport seats with specific black Montana leather and red Millpoint cloth and stitching. The suspension was the European M Technic calibration with 16" round spoke wheels. The only options were premium sound, limited slip, and a sunroof. My car is one of no more than five that were ordered without the sunroof(my salesperson had to put up a bit of a fight to keep the bloody thing off my car) Here's a picture of the European version, which didn't get the M3 mirrors:  My only complaint is that the car could use a bit more power than the 140 hp M42 engine can provide in stock tune. That said, in a couple of years a stroker motor will cure that problem. It's seen more than a few track days and has proven to be dead nuts reliable. I'll never sell it.
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Replying to: roadburner (Oct 26, 2007 1:58 pm) Forget the stroker - why don't you shoehorn an LS1 in there like one of our local club members did.
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